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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-09-24
kOTELNOpS MAMMOTH.
Odd Superstitions of the Natives of the New
Siberian Islands.

Lieutenant Schuetze of the United
States Navy, the Arctic explorer, was
conversing pleasantly with party of
friends about snow, ice and mammoths
when reporter ran across him in the
St James.
"a Russian expedition" he was say
ing, "has just got back from the new
Siberian Islands. DR.. Bunga and
Baron Toll had charge of it. / win
tered with them in 1896 at the
mouth of the Yana river, Northern ST.
IBERIA, and they crossed over in the
spring of 1886 to the islands. One of
the principal results of their expedi-
ton has been the discovery of Il MANI
moth on Kotelnoi, the most westerly
point of the new Siberian Islands. The
scientists of Europe say the mammoth
is probably ten thousand years old; and
it had been kept in preservation in the
natural refrigerator that exists up
there The shores of these islands
break away continually, and that was
how they discovered this animal They
got its flesh and its skin and the whole
body complete.
1.-The superstitious natives know OF
the existence of these mammoths, but
won't tell you any thing about them.
Even if they knew that you are there
for the purpose of getting one they
will let you remain through whole
winter without giving you any infor-
nation on the subject. If you ask
they will reply that they never
saw one, and ask you what you want
one for. l told native once that l
wanted one for the sake of the meat,
and although he had claimed that he
did not know any thing about them he
said: What do you want to eat the
meat for? 1t stinks!-thus trapping
himself very neatly. You may guess
what the size of mammoth is when
tell you that the one the Russian expe-
dition got stands as high as this room.
The natives on the coast gather man.
moth tusks. l have seen hundreds
sent down to Yacutsk for sale. They
are made of the purest ivory and are
very huge. They measure perhaps,
foot and half in diameter at
the root and curl down. They are not
like elephant tusks. which curl back.
If you get good specimen of the man.
moth tusk you can stand upright in the
curve of it. The natives in the place
where DR.. Bunga and l live, though
they said nothing about mammoths to
us, were actually feeding their sled
dogs on the flesh and using the skin for
sled-dog harness.
"But the natives are queer lot in
many ways. While Dr. Bunga and
his party were on circumpolar expe-
dition they took meteorological observa-
tons. The natives in little neigh
boring village watched them question
less and silent for two years, and
concluded; Now we know what this
expedition is for. The White Gar
has sent it out. He has one star al
ready, and those men are trying to
catch another for him. Y Tribune.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-09-24
REFORM in JAPAN.
American Ideas Gaining = Strong Foot
hold In That Country.


Americans have general knowledge
that there have lately been great re-
forms in Japan, but it is not so well
known that the lives of the present
and late Mikado together form one of
the most startling chapters in modern
history. Only thirty-seven years ago
Japan was not really an empire; it
could hardly be said to have central
government The ancient political
system had completely broken down
and nothing else had taken its place.
At Toxic the Tycoon held his court,
Kizoto the Mikado had even less power.
There was political chaos. By the OPP
Grafton of the old feudal system the
Daimios, or local mobiles, had attained
a practical independence, each ruling
his own territory despotically-in short,
Japan was loose and almost lawless
confederacy. This is no place to de-
scribe the series of mastery measures
by which the Mikado destroyed the
local sovereignties; suffice it that it
was thoroughly done, the Dsimios
were thoroughly disarmed, and
the revived empire of Japan
entered on an extraordinary era of
progress. English and American ideas
were rapidly adopted. Even the Eu-
ropean dress was introduced, though
travellers with an eye to artistic effect
think the Japanese ladies have lost more
than they gained by the reform. y
A serious attempt was even made to
introduce the English language, by
reason of its greater convenience in
writing; but the learned men soon de-
cided that the Irregularities of English
spelling and grammar more than offset
the other advantage. Japan is already
known to us almost as we'll as the
countries of Europe, and their appre-
citation of Americans grows with ac-
quaintaEce. They honored General
Grant as they had never done any for
eigner, and on that occasion the Mikado
for the first time appeared in public
an astounding innovation in Japan.
Soon after he publicly awarded the
prizes at the Japan university, and since
then has lived much like the monarchs
of Europe. Harrisburg Telegraph.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-09-24
WIT AND WISDOM.

Tho fewer our wants the nearer
we resemble the gods. Socrates.
Revenge is sweet, but it leaves .
bad taste in the mouth. PhiIadelphte
Call.
Doubt others more and yourself
less, and you will have more backbone
to sell.--Pomeroy's Democrat.
How much better is the love that
is ready to die than the zeal that IL
ready to kill. - Thomas T. Lynch.
Many men have knack Of making
and saving dollars, but know sbso-
lutcly nothing about the best things Of
this life.-Droyers' Journal.
Good temper, like GUNNER day.
sheds brightness over every thing.
1t is the sweetener of toll and the
soother of disquietnde. T. Herald.
Always on top: The hat. Cham
pion city Times. Always under foot;
The shoe. All, ha! We can do this
sort O. thing, too Cincinnati 7sle0vom.
De Baggs-Ponsonby, me boy, what
do you do in this weather to keep cooh
Ponsonby--Nothing De. Baggs-By
Jove! ] don't know but that's good
idea. - Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Every tree is subject to . dis
ease,' said a speaker in fruit-grow-
ers' convention. What ailment oAn
you find on an oakp" asked the chair
man. "A-corn,' was the triumphant
reply. boston Globe.
They Were Both Shoers.--
Jones, he keeps blacksmith shop
His wife poultry pen;
Jones, he shoes the horse,
And his wife she shoes the hen.
Whitehall Times.
up in the choir the tenor was maxi
ing love to the soprano in mufaed
voice. while the preacher was waxing
eloquent in the pulpit below. YOURS
a dear!" the young man had whisper
ed. "a doe, rather" the soprano
smiled back. "Oh. yes" returned tho
tenor. you're the do, ia mir She
killed him with . look. The Former
and Manufacturer.
A Michigan girl while picking
blackbcrries. met black bear among
the briers. She turned to run and tore
her dress on brier so as to expose her
patent wire hustle. The bear, mistak-
ing the hustle for = circus cage, struck
for tall timber, leaving the girl to 90
without hugging until dry goods
clerk closed his store at nine o'clock the
next evening. Independents
1t is great gift to be born rich IN
the eyes and ears. Soma men have
carried before them an endless process
sion of beauty. There are charms for
them where others perceive barren
ness. There is concert in the air Ill
| the time for those whose ears are tuned
Alright Trees harp for them. winds
roll their tones unsteady, and birds
and insects fill up the orchestra lRn-
raj NesO- Yorker.
Servant. to tho parson, who Is very
i'll indeed: III you please, sir. the Choir
ister is down stairs and wants to know
il you won't give him the hymns tor
next Sundays servicer" Parson.
feebly: Tell him there will BE- No
service; ! expect to BE- dead bsforo
next Sunday" Servant exit and ~
enter: III you please. he ssys than will
you be kind enough to send down the
hymns yon'd like sung - she f,neralf''
(Parson rcc0vers much moro rapidly
than chorister ~ 1uvde1Ie
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-09-24
Only the Children.

Applicant have had considerable
experience with children, ma am, and
rever have any trouble in making
them like me.
Mistress-That is very important.
Applieant-And ! am sure would
get on nicely with your little dog,
ma am.
Mistress (strokirg the animaD You
would have nothing TO do with Fido,
dear little fcliew' He is my espeeid
change Peck Is
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-09-24

1t is common thing for sailors on
west bound English steamers to find
from ten to fifteen stowaways. The
freight handlers are great friends to
the tramps who wish to make an mex
pensive voyage. In vessels that bring
over brick the leaders will build up a
little room around two or three men,
and in several cases from dozen to
two dozen men have thus been secreted.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-09-24
e23,elo,ooo

In this computation only grants of
Parliament are included. no account
being taken of sinecures of military
and naval pay. of residence which have
been not only rent free, but rates and
taxes free. nor of many other items. =
Beverly Crun,p, IN Chicago Inter Ocean.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-09-24

A Dakota man was travelling in the
East and got into conversation with a
man who appeared to be a capitalist.
After some time the Eastern man said:
you say that your town has a pop
ulation of one thousand, twenty stores,
ten banks, eight lumber yards and six
saloons. That's good, SO far, but is
there any thing that is permanent,
any thing that really brings wealth and
business into the place, any one insti.
tuition or industry to which you people
can point with pride?"
Stranger" replied the Dak.sa man.
slowly and irnpressively, ''there is. We
have the finest half-mile ce-.rack IN
the Territoryr'--patota Bell.
Montana is moving for thu presers
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-09-24

Fried Hash: Take equal quantities
of cold lean meat and cold boiled pota-
toes, season high with salt and pepper.
and moisten with soup stock. Put
sufficient lard or butter in frying pan
to cover the bottom well, have it very
hot and put in the hash; stir until it is
all Drowned. Season by adding the
juice of one lemon, a teaspoonful Of
mustard and walnut catsup each. Serve
hot with fried toast. Garnish with
lemon or parsley Exchange.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-09-24

Thomas Ford, of Ellsworth, Me-,
while at work in his garden, dug out
Of the earth small gold watch, and =
few days after a long gold chain. The
articles look as if they might have been
lost nine or ten wears aro
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-09-24
THRIFTY VICTORIA.
What 1t Costs Great Britain to Maintain
the Queen and Her Family.

made an inquiry as to the cost of
sustaining the royal family. and the
figures in this connection will be inter-
esting. particularly as the subject will
soon become a political issue, with
more acrimony than ever before.
1t costs England nearly $4,000, 600 a
year to sustain the palaces reserved for
the exclusive use of the Queen and her
family, and nearly an equal amount to
sustain the royal pleasure grounds; the
Queens Guards cost 81, 800, 900, and
the royal yachts 81, 500, 600. total an
nual expenditure of sl6 100000 or so
for the protection and pleasure Of the
royal family. In addition to this the
Queen is allowed f560.000, or $780,,
600. for her annual expenses--at least
this was the amount in 1886. She has
Priyy purse of ECO, 900. which is for
her pin money; last year she disbursed
nearly $40, 900 as '.royal aims. but was
reimbursed from the public treasury by
order of Parliament and granted over
500. 900 in annual pensions for services
performed, which was also charged to
the people. This covers her Majesty's
expenses for the year.
Then the Prince of Wales had an al
lowance of els. ITO, the Duke of Edin-
burgh had the free use of the Royal
Palace, known as Clarence House, and
large sum was spent in repairs dur
ing the year, which was paid from the
treasury. In addition to this, his al
lowance was E29. 900. The Duke is
very rich man on his own account, and
as heir to the Duke of Saxe-Coburg,
will shortly inherit the princcly estates
and enormous revenues of his uncle.
the reigning Duke, which are said to
reach 100000 year. In addition to
this his wife brought him marriage
portion of 81, 900, 900 aud an annuity of
ECO, 900, or $3.50. 900, year In 1874,
when an attempt was made to increase
his allowance, it was asserted that he
had married the richest heiress in Eu-
rope.
i
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-09-24

--Flippancy is a spurious form Of
wit that is made to do service for the
real article in this country.--Mobsle
Register.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-09-24

Near Reno, CAL. railroad ties laid
down nineteen years ago when taken
up were found to be in a perfect state
of preservation. An analysis, to deter
mine what has prevented the wood
from rotting, will be made Mt once.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-09-24
The remaining members of the royal

This makes total of over 800, 900, :
900 year as the cost of royalty to
England, and it is a good deal as the
stage driver said. for every grandchild
the Queen has pulls a few more pennies
out of the pockets of the poor men of
Great Britain.
In preparing for the debate that is to
come on this question one of the lead
ing Liberals has gone into calculation
of the cost of Queen Victoria and her
family to the people during the fifty
years she has been upon the throne,
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-09-24

some men vas always like der key
hole on der back Of clock. They vas
behint time. -New Ago.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-09-24

AL men try TO get the ear th, but
the earth gets them. This is not joke:
lit is the grave truth. -Psovia Tyans.
evipt.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-09-24

MIA" said Fred. II should rather
be wild turkey and live out on the
prsliries thar be a tame tuskey and be
killed every year.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-09-24
A NOVEliST'S DOGS.


Attractive and Unattractive. Animals I'M
mortalized by Dickens.
OF the many novelists who have tried
their hands on canine character few
have succeeded like Charles Dickens.
His dogs are as real as Mrs. Camp and
as hearty as Mrs. Pegotty. They are
not always amiable-witness Jip snarl-
ing from his pagoda at DAVID Copper
field, a cantankerous little brute. Yet
he was not altogether bad, cynic though
he was. Like Wolsev-
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-09-24

Montana is moving for the prsser.
walton Of bar torests
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2uremburg. Die halbidhrIids
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sasembur8if6es aus 8elsiem.

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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-12-07
Monkeys i'm Red CAPS.

There are no animals about which so
many stories have been told as the
monkey. Most of the stories are based
on the monkeys power of imitation.
A Spanish mule-driver once invested
his scant earnings, purchasing a num-
Der OF red woven caps which form the
crown of the turban worn throughout
Turkey and Africa, and set out to
make his fortune in the interior. He
started before sunrise, and when the
heat of the day came on lay down to
sleep beneath tree in wood. TAX
ing off his hat, he opened his valise,
and putting on red cap was soon
asleep. When the sun was low in the
horizon he awoke, and to his horror
saw the trees filled with monkeys in
red caps. They had seen the Spaniard
put on the red cap before going to
sleep and followed his example. The
poor Spaniard, with all the gesticula-
tons peculiar to his country, cursed
his hard fate, stamped his foot in
anger and tore off his red cap and
threw it on the ground, when-blessed
and unexpected result! - all the
monkeys followed his example. He
picked up his caps and moved on.-Se-
Iected
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-12-07
A Chance Acquaintance.

On the Delaware, few miles below
Easton, resided gentleman who had
reared crow, with whose tricks and
society he used frequently to amuse
himself This crow lived long in the
family, but at length disappeared, hav-
ing, as was then supposed, been shot
by some gunner or destroyed by acct
dent. About eleven months after this
as the gentleman was standing on the
river-shore one morning, a number
of crows happened to pass by. One OF
them left the flock, and flying directly
toward the gentleman alighted on his
shoulder and began to gable away al
a great rate, as one long absent friend
naturally enough does on meeting
another On recovering from his sur.
prise the gentleman recognized his ole
acquaintance, and tried by several civil
but sly manGuvers to lay hold of him
but the crow, having now had taste
of the sweets of liberty, cautiously
eluded all his attempts, and suddenly
glancing his eye on his distant com
panions, mounted in the air after them
soon overlook and mingled with then
and his friend saw him no more.-Cas
sells Natural History
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-12-07
A Curious Nurse.

In India, where the elephant is
treated by his mahout almost as one of
the family, the grateful animal makes a
return for the kindness shown it by
voluntarily taking care of the baby.
1t will patiently permit itself to be
mauled by its little charge, and will
show great solicitude when the child
cries. Sometimes the elephant will be-
come so attached to its baby friend as
to insist upon its constant presence.
Such a case is known where the ele-
plant went so far as to refuse to eat
except in the presence of its little
friend. Its attachment was so genuine
that the child's parents did not hest
tate to leave the baby in the elephants
care, knowing that it could have nc
more faithful nurse. And the kindly
monster never belied the trust reposed
in it.-St. Nicholas for NOvember.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-12-07
Provisioning a Balloon.

Expecting long trip, we had taken
food and water for three days. We had
chicken, corned beef, beans, bread,
crackers, bareback, salmon, Holsters,
pickles, salt, vinegar, mixed nuts,
oranges and bananas. Soyou see that we
were not likely to starve, had we gone,
as we thought we might, into the deep
wilds of Michigan or Canada. We also
had hooks and lines for fish and keen
axe 10 aid us in the woods, or where
with TO chop our way out of the wreck
had we been cast away on one of the
great lakes, and we had an electric
| light for use at night. Our plans had
been well laid, and had not Moore been
hurt, or had not the balloon been torn
at the start, our voyage would perhaps
have been more to our liking. A few
| final details may interest you. The last
and first sound to reach us, while we
were above a mile high, was the sharp
shrek of locomotive. | saw one
SeXpress-train as we scared above its
tiny track, and it looked like mere
toy-train few inches long, which did
not seem to move faster than a snail.
Yet we knew that it was on its way
with all its usual speed-thirty miles an
yur at least. During our voyage we
Ne and drank just as we might have
done at picnic. Truly, we lived
high" A luncheon above the clouds
was to me very novel affair. l threw
over the peel of an orange. Down
straight down it shot, flash of gold in
the sun, hundred feet-a thousand
feet-a mile. Long before it struck
the earth it had gone out of sight
But before it disappeared it came to &
point where it seemed to stand still in
d-air.-From " Three Miles High n
q BalOon," by EdOard Duf, IN 81
Nicholas for December.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-12-07

"WHAT drug will scour these En-
glish hence?" Wicked Macbeth, who
murdered good King Duncan, asked
this question in his despair Thou
sands of victims of disease are daily
asking" What will scour the impurities
from my blood and bring me health?"
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
will do it. When the purple life-tide is
sluggish, causing drowsiness, headache
and loss of appetite, use this wonderful
vitalzer, which never fails. 1t forces
the liver into perfect action, drives out
superfluous bile, brings the glow of
health to the cheek and the natural
sparkle to the eye. All druggists.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-12-07
.for the CHILDREN.
December.

DEFENDERS come, and with her brought
A world in whitest marble wrought
The trees and fence and all the posts
Stand motionless and white as ghosts,
And all the paths we used to know
Are hidden in the drifts of snow.
December brings the longest night
And cheats the day of half its light.
No bird-song breaks the perfect hush;
No meadow brook, with liquid gush,
Runs telling tales in babbling rhyme
OF liberty and summertime,
But frozen in its icy cell
Awaits the sun to break the spell.
Breathe once upon the window-glass
And see the mimic mists that pass
Fantastic shapes that go and come,
Forever silvery and dumb
December Santa Claus shall bring
OF happy children happy king,
Who, with his sleigh and reindeer, stops
At all good peoples chimney-tops.
Then let the holly red be hung
And all the sweetest carols sung,
While we with joy remember them
The iourneyers to Bethlehem
Who followed trusting from afar
The guidance of that happy star
Which marked the spot where Christ was born
Long years ago one Christmas mornl
Frank Dempster Sherman, in 81. Nichola,